Chris Lewis
Retail supply chain company Oakland International and not-for-profit organisation Hope4 are opening doors for Ukrainian food producers to access the UK market via neighbouring Moldova.
As well as bringing in humanitarian aid via the country, the two partners are now working to provide a subsidised back-haul solution primarily for Ukrainian producers to access the UK retail and foodservice markets. The aim is to stimulate economic recovery and help Ukraine become more ...
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Qatar Airways has increased its cargo service between Munich and Doha from two to four weekly flights, All flights are operated on behalf of the logistics company DB Schenker. One of the new rotations continues from Munich to Chicago Rockford and via Munich back to Doha.
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A new South African cargo airline will begin non scheduled flights from its hub at OR Tambo International Airport in the second quarter of 2023. Suid Cargo Airlines will operate a leased Boeing 727-200F from Kenya's Astral Aviation in addition to Astral's Boeing 747-400F, Boeing 767 and Boeing 757F on ...
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P&O Ferries is to offer new sailings on the Zeebrugge-Teesport route following signing of new agreement with Grimaldi-owned Finnlines.
P&O Ferries will charter Finnlines’ MS Finnpulp for three days a week under a new services agreement, which will increase the number of P&O Ferries sailings to six a week.
P&O Ferries chief ...
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BIFA reports that updated alcohol duty regulations are due to take effect in August following a government review. The aim is to improve the current alcohol duty system; making it simpler, more economically rational, and less administratively burdensome on businesses and HMRC.Draft primary legislation was published in September 2022 with ...
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IAG Cargo and its airlines British Airways and Vueling have partnered with the Spanish Red Cross and Khalsa Aid to deliver aid, including tents and food, to earthquake-hit regions of Syria and Turkey. It added that it would continue to collaborate with charities and IAG airlines to facilitate aid flights ...
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Awery has released an open access version of its Cargobooking platform. The subscription-free solution will be overseen by new head of CargoBooking Anna Balan, starting with a roll-out in South Africa, Switzerland, and Spain. The platform allows airlines and general sales agents (GSAs) to provide freight forwarders with real-time air ...
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Germany’s Rhenus Group has acquired Swedish road transport specialist, MTS Malmö Transport & Spedition. The forwarder says it will enhance its general cargo and temperature-controlled services as well as customs clearance and will gain it new routes to Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey.
MTS offers FTL, LTL, groupage, ADR and ...
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Geodis has joined forces with Volvo Australia to pilot the first fully electric truck for the country’s freight forwarding market. The partnership will deploy Volvo's FE model trucks – powered by both solar energy and energy-efficient charging systems and give customers sustainable delivery solutions.
The Volvo FE truck is powered by ABB's ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions UK and developer Baytree Logistics Developments and architects Chetwoods have unveiled plans to encourage biodiversity at their development at Baytree, Nuneaton. At the Rhenus Campus, which includes two warehouses, totalling 1m sq ft they are planting between 700 and 900 native and orchard trees on site, as ...
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